Chapter 560: 539: Bloodthirsty Feng Ling
Chapter 560: Chapter 538-539: Bloodthirsty Feng Ling
“How could you be so awful? Was that something a human being would do? She’s your sister-in-law! Just you wait and see how your brother deals with you when he gets back.”
Chang Jinlan cursed at her daughter, fuming. She truly never expected her daughter to do something like this. All she could do now was pray that her daughter-in-law was alright.
Feng Ling’s mind was in turmoil, her thoughts muddled. Suddenly, she saw Li Ting, and Li Ting’s face seemed to merge with the faces of her husband and sister-in-law from her past life. They were trying to kill her child!
Hatred surged in Feng Ling’s heart. She didn’t know where she found the strength, but she grabbed Li Ting, and—SLAP! SLAP!—struck her twice across the face. Still not satisfied, she then wrapped both hands around Li Ting’s neck and squeezed.
“Why are you trying to harm my child? Why are you trying to harm my child? Why are you trying to harm my child!”
Feng Ling kept asking as she squeezed, repeating the same question over and over. Her child was her deepest trauma. She had been driven mad back when Zhou Mei and the others tried to harm the baby in Gu’er’s womb, so it was no surprise she’d react this way for her own. Right now, she had completely forgotten the person in front of her was Li Ting. All she knew was that this person wanted to harm her baby, and she couldn’t let that happen. She had to protect her child.
Li Ting had never imagined Feng Ling would snap like this. The Feng Ling she knew was gentle and delicate, always agreeable. Every time they met, she would be smiling by Li Zhi’s side like a demure little bird, utterly good-natured.
But now, Feng Ling was like a woman possessed, not only slapping her but also trying to choke her. Li Ting had never been hit by anyone in her entire life, from childhood to adulthood. ‘Where did this Feng Ling get the nerve?’
But Li Ting had no energy to dwell on that. Feng Ling’s eyes were bloodshot as she choked her like a demon, looking as if she wouldn’t be satisfied until Li Ting was dead. She could barely breathe. ‘This is terrifying! Someone, please save me! I’ll never, ever provoke her again. I don’t want to die!’
Chang Jinlan was frozen in shock. ‘Is this my gentle, agreeable daughter-in-law? How can she be so terrifying when she loses control? Is she trying to choke Li Ting to death?’
‘No, I can’t let this happen.’ Even though Li Ting had done plenty to anger and frustrate her, she was still her daughter. With that thought, Chang Jinlan rushed to pull Feng Ling off. But Feng Ling possessed some unknown strength, and Chang Jinlan couldn’t budge her. At the same time, she couldn’t risk hurting Feng Ling. Panicked, she didn’t know what to do except to keep shouting Feng Ling’s name, begging her to let go.
After a long moment, Feng Ling finally came to her senses and let go. By then, Li Ting’s eyes were starting to roll back in her head.
“Ting, Ting, are you okay?”
Chang Jinlan rushed over to hug her daughter, asking repeatedly.
COUGH, COUGH… Li Ting could only cough in response.
Clarity gradually returned to Feng Ling’s eyes. She glanced at Li Ting, who was still coughing and staring at her in terror. Chang Jinlan’s expression was also different from usual. Feng Ling knew she had frightened them, but she said nothing. Instead, she focused inward, checking on herself to see if the baby was alright.
‘My stomach doesn’t seem to hurt that much… it’s different from my past life. There’s no warm, wet feeling down there, so I must not be bleeding. Was that sharp pain I felt earlier, that feeling that I was losing the baby, just my imagination?’
As she thought this, Feng Ling slowly stood up. Her stomach didn’t feel uncomfortable. She sat back down on the sofa. ‘It should be fine,’ she concluded. There was no sharp, twisting pain.
Li Ting was still half-lying in Chang Jinlan’s arms.
“Mom, I told you she’s fine! Look at her! She nearly choked me to death! Her usual sweet act is all fake.”
Li Ting’s voice was hoarse as she cried and complained to Chang Jinlan.
“It serves you right! She’s your sister-in-law, how could you push her? She’s carrying your brother’s child! If anything had happened to that baby, no one would have spared you.”
Looking at her daughter like this, Chang Jinlan was both furious and heartbroken.
“But nothing happened, did it?” Li Ting retorted defiantly.
Once Feng Ling felt the baby was fine, she apologized to Li Ting. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. I thought I was going to lose the baby.”
As soon as Feng Ling spoke, Li Ting’s defiance returned. She was about to shout at Feng Ling when she saw an icy glint in her eyes. Feng Ling continued, “I know you don’t like me, but you’re Li Zhi’s sister, and I don’t want to fight with you. I don’t care what you think of me, but listen, Li Ting. This is the first and last time. Do not target me, and do not try to harm my child. Otherwise, I will kill someone.”
Feng Ling was warning Li Ting. ‘Even though my mother-in-law might be upset with me for saying this,’ she thought, ‘I have to say it. I have to make my position clear. In this life, I am going to give birth to my child safely. No one is going to harm my baby.’
Li Ting shivered. She recalled the bloodthirsty madness in Feng Ling’s eyes just moments before. She believed Feng Ling meant what she said and was capable of acting on it. ‘If I ever dare try anything again, she’ll really kill me. This woman is terrifying. I’d better stay away from her from now on.’
Li Ting didn’t dare say another word. She was now truly afraid of Feng Ling. It was as if all her courage had been frightened right out of her.
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